What does a front mean in terms of affecting bass and their location and habits?

looking for a simple quick explanation plz!

thx

Simple and quick, in my experience:

Fish feed as the front approaches and turn off after it passes. 

4 minutes ago, juicebass said:

What does a front mean in terms of affecting bass and their location and habits?

looking for a simple quick explanation plz!

thx

You and every single Tournament & Recreational Bass Angler on the Planet . . .

There are tons of theories, load of conjecture, plenty of notions most founded on probabilities without any demonstration of their truth.

In other words, if you ever find out, you'll be the first.

A-Jay

I remember reading an article in the past about why a front's passing gives them lock-jaw... No joke, they seem to think that high pressure gives them something like head aches..... not to mention the lack of eyelids, overcast- fish roam away from shade and cover, bright sunny- they are tight to the shade or cover....... Jig and worm fisherman love sunny days because they know their fish will be tight and only move a few feet to feed... Im sure this is not new to most but just my two cents

I'm with A-Jay... so many other factors in play... no easy answer.  But if you want to deep dive into the topic, THIS is the place!  Start searching the forum, as this has been hashed out nine ways from Sunday.

Here's some "light" reading.

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/cold_front.html
http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/spring-cold-front.html
http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/post_front.html
 

Old school rule my grandad taught me, that is usually fairly accurate is "fish before the rain and hunt after".  

I've found that if you are referring to a big cold front in spring... the low pressure is better to fish as they seem to feed better.  Once the high is here (usually tournament day haha), the high blue sky and colder temps can make them drop back down to the next deepest cover, dropoff, ledge etc, or back off and completely suspend off (sometimes way off) a point like smallmouth tend to do a lot...  They can put their noses right up in the cover and rocks and usually won't actively feed nearly as good as they did before the front.   2 different ways to fish for them after they do this is with a jig/texas rig, or a reaction bait that they hit out of complete reaction rather than a feeding mode.  

Depends on the severity of the front!

I case you aint watched the weather we have one that has dumped 12-18" over 24 hours & still raining!

4 minutes ago, Catt said:

Depends on the severity of the front!

I case you aint watched the weather we have one that has dumped 12-18" over 24 hours & still raining!

Hang in there Catt ~

A-Jay

Years ago (late 80s), a couple buddies and I spent a cold day at lake O and didn't catch a single bass. Afterward we helped support a local Clewiston drinking establishment and were told about lock-jaw as Billy posted above. Apparently it is well believed by the locals. Although they didn't mention anything about fish headaches...just that they wont bite during cold fronts. (but the specks do  )

Well, it depends in front of what that bass is .....

Iv'e tried to pay a little attention to fronts and barometric pressure but I've found it just never works.  I've not experienced any great feeding frenzies when I've gone fishing before a storm.